UAB Health Services Administration NEXUS - Fall 2020

NEXUS

Linking Academics with Practice.

FALL 2020

UAB Department of Health Services Administration

IN THIS ISSUE: ➤ Faculty Awards............... 02 ➤ DEI Update....................... 04 ➤

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COVID-19 Feature.......... 08 Work Life........................... 09 Home Life ......................... 12 Student Life ..................... 14 Internships....................... 16 COVID-19 Research....... 18 By the Numbers............. 20 HSA Team Updates....... 21 Updates & Events.......... 22 Career Moves.................. 24

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United for Health and Safety

MSHA Class 55 Interns, Birmingham VA Medical Center.

UAB

is united on campus, off campus and virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. UAB HSA is everywhere you look from the front lines to the design of applications. Our alumni, students, faculty and staff take personal responsibility for the health and safety of others and we are proud of the efforts of all and our collective success at this challenging time. ■

Howard W. Houser, PhD Named to Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame HSA faculty develop app for safe campus entry.

Howard W. Houser Professor Emeritus 2020 Honoree

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Accolades & Achievements Aristotle is credited for saying what our faculty are proving: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Howard W. Houser, PhD, Professor Emeritus, UAB Department of Health Services Administration, has been selected as a member of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020. His career at UAB spanned 45 years, from 1965 until his retirement in 2010. Even though he is officially retired, Dr. Houser still contributes to the Department in many ways – he’s even on our departmental Zoom huddles each Friday.

His first assignment, as a young administrator, was to orchestrate the desegregation of UAB Hospital in 1965. Dr. Houser went on to train and develop numerous graduate and postgraduate students in health administration and is beloved by all that he taught and mentored. He and Dr. Mathew McNulty developed a curriculum that has educated students in both the Master's and Doctoral programs. Dr. Houser was instrumental in laying the foundation for UAB’s Master of Science in Health Administration (MSHA) program that is now ranked #1 in the country by US News & World Report.

These students have effectively led community hospitals for over 55 years.

Among other international efforts, Houser created a four-year program to educate Chinese students in health administration, graduating the first class in 1989. Since then, he has hosted more than 100 visiting students, scholars and medical delegations and helped establish a state-of-the-art pediatric hospital in China. ■

Berner, Borkowski Earn University-Wide Professor Appointments Eta S. Berner, EdD, was named University Professor in the Department of Health Services Administration in the School of Health Professions. Berner became a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1999, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society in 2006 and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics in 2019 and has published articles in leading journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Academic Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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Nancy M. Borkowski, DBA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, was named Distinguished Professor in the UAB Department of Health Services Administration. A certified public accountant who is board-certified in health management and has over 20 years’ experience in health care, Borkowski joined UAB in 2014 and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. She is the author of four books, including Organizational Behavior in Health Care, which was named 2005 Book of the Year for nursing leadership and management by The American Journal of Nursing. ■

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Brown Receives Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship Michelle Brown, PhD, received the 2020 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentorship, which recognizes full-time regular UAB faculty members who demonstrate exceptional commitment as mentors of graduate students and / or postdoctoral fellows and acknowledges an individual’s ability to inspire and motivate students as they engage in research activities, seek grant support and publish their work, to promote ethical behavior and professional values, while creating a collaborative and constructive atmosphere.

Lemak Receives AOM Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service Award Christy Harris Lemak, PhD, earned the Myron D. Fottler Exceptional Service Award for serving “as a meaningful mentor, not only to colleagues and students” at UAB, but also for her impact on others across the Division. This award is regarded as the AOM HCM Division’s most distinguished award because it is not given every year – it is only awarded when the Division identifies someone deserving of the honor.

Mehta Receives SHP Excellence in Scholarship Award Tapan Mehta, PhD, is a coinvestigator, site Pl, and lead statistician to several research studies funded by agencies such as NIH, NIDILRR and PCORI. He has a strong publication record with over 50 peer-reviewed articles including several first-author articles. He has published in highly competitive journals such as JAMA, New England Journal of Medicine and Obesity Reviews. He also serves as the Chair of UAB’s Faculty Senate Research Committee and is UAB Faculty Chair-Elect.

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Houser Receives 2020 AAHIM Distinguished Member Award Shannon H. Houser, PhD, MPH, RHIA, FAHIMA, (BSMRA 1993), professor in UAB’s Department of Health Services Administration, is the recipient of the 2020 AAHIM Distinguished Member Award from the Alabama Association of Health Information Management. This award is given annually to an active member with at least 10 years’ experience “marked by distinction, excellence of service and contribution to the profession.”

Thirumalai Receives UAB Faculty Senate Distinguished Service Award Mohan Thirumalai, PhD, was awarded the UAB i6 Funding from the Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which is meant for UAB faculty, staff, and students to advance ideas to market and funded

by U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).

This grant is to develop a commercial product for research and research participant management.

Hearld Part of Team Honored for Work in Caribbean Ria Hearld, PhD, and the team received the Robert Carr Research Award at the International AIDS Conference July 8, 2020. The biennial award is sponsored by the International Council of AIDS Service Organisations, Human Rights Watch, the International AIDS Society and the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The work led by Henna Budhwani and John Waters, MD, with the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) certainly was crossdisciplinary, involving partnerships across countries, among academic and community leaders and between faculty and students. ■ uab.edu/hsa

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We Become What We See JESSICA H. WILLIAMS, PHD Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Associate Professor

Colleagues, We become what we see. What a dynamic statement about the power of our environment in shaping our view of the world. Our Department mission is “Developing leaders to shape tomorrow’s health care” and “We believe our diversity is a source of our strength and strive to understand, value and involve all.” It is imperative that we demonstrate the importance of inclusive excellence. Will Durant so eloquently paraphrased Aristotle with the now famous quote “We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Creating a habit of inclusive excellence is neverending work. It requires a willingness to think differently and move beyond the tendency of our current culture of only associating with people who look or think like us. Our work begins by thoughtfully considering the people who are in the room— including dimensions of gender, age, ethnicity, ability, income, geographical birthplace, language, and thought.

A quick glimpse of our Department demonstrates the many dimensions of visible diversity, but I think the best part and most inspiring part of our diversity is that which is not seen — the collection of experiences and world views mixed with collegiality.

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We are still striving to employ strategies that allow us to hire, retain, and promote diversity.

As the newly appointed Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), I find the gravity of this position greater than I ever could have imagined— especially in post-George Floyd America. As a Black woman who grew up in a small town in Alabama, I am all too familiar with the boxes and labels people have and will ascribe to me. My parents, probably like yours, taught me the value of an education and the importance of working hard and diligently for what I wanted. As I worked my way through undergrad at Birmingham-Southern College, then grad school at UAB, I felt the weightiness of needing to succeed, knowing that there were others who were not afforded the same opportunities.

On numerous occasions, I have had to prove that I was more than a stereotype. I have often been at the top of the curve and I have struggled through classes, but felt too uncomfortable or ashamed to ask for help when I needed it most. I have been the only person who looks like me in a board or meeting room. I have learned the value of surrounding myself with people of different backgrounds, of overcoming the awkwardness of difference and embracing similarities. I know this can be challenging for everyone, regardless of race. However, I know the weight of George Floyd’s death has served as a wake-up call that we can all do more. I want to use my position and influence to facilitate such discussions and the formation of new relationships in whatever way that I can.

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The Importance of Inclusive Excellence How we see ourselves has important implications for how we interact with the world. There is no way I could have navigated my way through college and as a working professional if I only saw myself as a Black woman. My identity is so much more than the color of my skin. I am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, and a friend. There is no way I could have survived academia without a strong support system.

What I have learned the most about inclusive excellence is that some of the people who have helped me the most looked nothing like me. I hope to impart to students the importance of relationships and that looking for ways to find commonalities with the people around us is critically important, despite differences in our skin color, socioeconomic status, and culture. I hope to inspire students to find common ground and learn how to work together towards a common end. If it is true that we become what we see, it is my hope that the students in our programs will see the importance of building relationships with people who are different from them.

Perhaps inclusion is the most important and most challenging piece of the DEI puzzle. A mere change in diversity without careful thought to fostering inclusion can entirely derail our efforts. In the book Radical Inclusion, the authors state, “Belonging to a community or a cause bigger than ourselves is core to our very humanity.” In our Department, we feel it is vitally important to foster an atmosphere of inclusion and community. We are all investing in learning and leading our classrooms into inclusive excellence.

Our phenomenal faculty and staff work hard each and every day to ensure our students are prepared to work and lead in a diverse world. This year during

MSHA program orientation, each incoming student received the book What If I Say the Wrong Thing by Verna Myers as a tool and resource to use as they navigate relationships.

At the core of inclusion is the commonality of our humanness. The most important thing I have learned to date and the one thing I know that will continue to bind us all is our humanity. Our pain, our struggles, our imperfections are what make us human.

Leaning into our humanness allows us to embrace those imperfections. In learning about DEI, we are becoming more self-aware. What better way to engage our students than through a place of vulnerability?

Dr. Lemak has empowered us with something much more than the power to make change—influence.

Our 360-degree approach to leadership in inclusive excellence is changing our environment at UAB and nationally. We have a tremendous opportunity to not only develop leaders to shape tomorrow’s health care, but to also influence them in ways of compassion and grace in interacting with others—especially those who are different than they are. I truly believe that this has the potential to not only shape tomorrow’s health care, but to transform it. We become what we see. HSA is working to ensure that what others see is inclusive excellence.

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"I hope to impart to students the importance of relationships and that looking for ways to find commonalities with the people around us is critically important, despite differences in our skin color, socioeconomic status, and culture." uab.edu/hsa

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Departmental Efforts in Inclusive Excellence Expanded DEI Opportunities ◗ Case Competition at National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) conference – non-profit association of Black health care executives. ◗ Academy for Addressing Health Disparities – prepares underrepresented minorities and first-generation undergraduate students for graduate school. ◗ Introduction to Cultural Awareness and Competency – undergrad course for application of cross-cultural knowledge and skills in education, health care, and business. ◗ Removed GRE/GMAT requirements – removing biased entrance exams improves fairness in our admissions process. ■

HSA students and alumni at 2019 NAHSE Conference.

My first experience at NAHSE was eye opening. Before entering UAB’s MSHA program, I wasn’t aware such a community existed — to know that there are so many successful minorities in the healthcare industry was comforting. If we put in the work, we too can be successful, like those that have paved the way for us and the ones we met at NAHSE. — MSHA CLASS 55 STUDENT

We thank you for your support, which provides students with opportunities to experience different people, new voices and independent ideas in health care.

Women in Healthcare Leadership Around campus and in the community, we support activities designed for all HSA students and alumni in order to help develop organizations where all can thrive. Our efforts include: ◗ Highlighting successful female leaders through awards/presentations ◗ Establishing mentoring programs for mid-career women and students ◗ Providing programming that promotes inclusive leadership We recognize and embrace the benefits that come from women’s leadership styles and how they differ from their male counterparts. And we are committed to equipping women to lead in health care organizations. ■ ➤ Visit go.uab.edu/WIHL to learn more.

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Alumni & Student Initiatives Related to Inclusive Excellence

Executive DSc in Healthcare

MSHA Student Organization

Leadership Program establishes the Executive Doctoral Endowed Scholarship for Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare Leadership to remove barriers for students. Faculty are also working to infuse DEI into the program.

Recommends Implementation:

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prior to orientation to facilitate deeper conversations about race, religion, gender, etc. ◗ More diversity among guest lecturers and speakers as well as the active engagement of MSHA alumni to discuss DEI issues with current students.

Sarah Hill, MD (SIM 2021) noticed a 15-year difference in life expectancy between the West and East ends of Louisville, Kentucky.

Added to the fact the city is a center of Black Lives Matter activity, they declared racism an official public health emergency. Hill plans to incorporate poverty simulation for her health care students at the University of Louisville Hospital. ■

Research Related to Inclusive Excellence Monica Aswani, PhD and Allyson Hall, PhD featured in BirminghamWatch,“Health Care Disparities: Access to Treatment, Insurance Isn’t Colorblind.”

Ron Wyatt, MD (MSHA Class E41) co-authored a Black Lives Matter blog - “I Was Blind But Now I See” in International Society for Quality in Health Care.

Jessica Williams, PhD was funded for a $50,000 Pilot and Feasibility Program of the UAB Diabetes Research Center (DRC) and the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center (UCDC) for her proposal: “Clinician Implicit Bias and Perceived Barriers to Medication Intensification: A Pilot & Feasibility Study”

Soumya Niranjan, PhD was selected to participate in the NCI CRCHD Partnerships to Advance Cancer Health Equity Program (PACHE) Interactive Technical Assistance Workshop.

Rob Weech-Maldonado, PhD was a panelist for the AUPHA Discussion on Racism, Social Injustice, and Discrimination: How can Health Administration Education Make a Difference?

Nataliya Ivankova, PhD received funding for Designing a Plan of Action for Better Access and Quality of Surgery for African-Americans with Gastrointestinal Cancers in the Deep South. ■

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COVID -19 HSA students, alumni and faculty share their responses to the pandemic

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WORK LIFE We put together a drive-through visitation for a special Memorial Day for our families. No hugs and kisses, but plenty of waves and shouts of “I love you” could be heard. One family brought a new grandbaby for their mother to see. The residents were elated to see their loved ones and we were extremely proud to provide them the opportunity.

— Roderick Watkins (HCM 2014), Administrator, Schmidt Wallace Health Care, Alabaster, AL

The first laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case was diagnosed at one of our urgent care clinics in Snohomish County, Washington. Almost overnight, it felt like we were able to shift focus from growing and optimizing our operations to all hands on deck to protect our patients and Caregivers. Overall, COVID-19 has not only changed the operations of our team (such as working from home) but has also been the catalyst to move our urgent care clinics forward from a technology side (more virtual patients) and with design/workflows.

— Blake Bishop, MBA (HCM 2012), Urgent Care, Growth and

Innovation Program Manager, Providence Ambulatory Care Network, Seattle, WA

If you are ever in a crisis or disaster, you want Dr. Sarah Nafziger (MSHA Class E53) to be on your side. As an emergency physician and co-chair of UAB’s Emergency Management Committee, Nafziger is one of the leaders coordinating UAB Hospital’s COVID-19 response. As an Emergency Department physician, she is helping to coordinate clinical protocols to keep patients and staff safe. She is a trusted voice in the medical community, and she often speaks on behalf of UAB Hospital related to emergency response, communicable disease, and disaster-preparedness.

This is our new reality now, and doing these things can help stop and slow the spread. I know we get tired of hearing the best practices mantra but, this is not just another type of flu.

— Dr. Sarah Nafziger (MSHA Class E53), Medical Director of Employee

Health at UAB Hospital, Physician Advisor to the UAB Center for Patient Flow

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WORK LIFE Our COVID-19 response at UW-Madison in the Clinical Simulation Program (CSP) began 2 days after in-person education was canceled. We do hands-on donning and doffing PPE training for front line staff that may have to deal with COVID-19 patients. I worked with our Chief Nursing Executive and Chief Clinical Officer to determine how far this need would extend and the curriculum required to get as many learners through as quickly as possible. Essentially the training was 20 minutes long for each learner. Due to physical distancing, we could see up to six learners at a time (18 per hour). Between March 20 and April 15, we facilitated the training of 2,027 UW Health front line staff on donning and doffing of PPE.

— Shannon DiMarco (SIM 2020), Director of Clinical Simulation Program at UW Health, Madison, WI

Dr. Joe Gerald (PhD 2007), Associate Professor & Program Director of Public Health Policy & Management at the University of Arizona College of Public Health was interviewed on MSNBC by Chuck Todd on Meet The Press Daily about the coronavirus outbreak in Arizona. https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1271195538495549440

Dr. Joe Gerald analyzed forecast models and developed a series of weekly reports to supply policy makers with important data about COVID-19 and its spread in Arizona.

Dr. Nir Menachemi (PhD 2002) was interviewed for the NPR segment - Antibody Tests Point To Lower Death Rate For The Coronavirus Than First Thought. https://apple.news/Arp3IfdyBQJqrP6-RVuGxKg

My department has become the go-to-place for advice, modeling, and research for policy and decision-makers across Indiana. We have worked with our state hospital association to link up with almost every individual hospital in the state — and we have run surge models for hospital CEOs weekly over the past 6-8 weeks. We have trained researchers and public health officials in several other states on how to do so. Also, I was asked by the Governor’s office to design and lead a study involving random sample testing of residents for COVID (both virology and serology). This is the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind in the U.S.

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On April 5, I was called up to Active Duty for the Navy in response to COVID-19. As an Expeditionary Medical Facility we helped stand-up and run a COVID-19 only medical center in NYC ran out of the Javits Convention Center. This response or activation was brought forth by a presidential order under Title 10 recall. At Javits, I worked in both operations at the executive level and in a clinical response taking a role within case management. Currently, I am still on Active Duty in Great Lakes, Illinois, working in a COVID-19 response at the Navy’s Recruit Training Command. In this capacity I run a COVID-19 Clinic, which we call respiratory clinic to destigmatize it. In each role, I have seen, experienced, and worked through many opportunities for improvement, leading to a strong functioning operations in each setting.

— John Betts (MSHA Class 53, HQS 2019, MSHQS 2020), Hospital Corpsman at Expeditionary Medical Facility Bethesda - United States Navy

In January of 2020, I was offered an opportunity to join a start-up in Nashville.

I accepted the offer and then declined it as my start date approached. I had a gut feeling there was more out there for me. This summer I accepted a role leading Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana, one of 14 commercial plans operated by Anthem, Inc. Each interview and interaction felt right, and the culture of transformation radiated in each question I was asked. Embrace uncertainty. It may provide the stepping stones to live your purpose.

— Beth Keyser (MSHA Class E37), President, BCBS of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN

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HOME LIFE BIRTHS Eva is almost 5 months old now and still hasn't met many of her relatives, even some of her grandparents. Although it has been a struggle there were definitely some positives. We were able to spend more time together as a family, to enjoy a slower paced lifestyle and soak in moments at home that we would not have had otherwise.

— Jessica Moore

(MSHA Class 47) Director of Operations, Bayfront Medical Group, St. Petersburg, FL

My husband was the only person allowed to be with me, we had no visitors in the hospital. We have asked family to wear masks when they visit and we haven’t taken her out in public much at all. It’s definitely a strange time to have a baby!

It was nothing like we imagined.

The healthcare team ensured we had a positive experience.

We visited with family through a window and Facetime. It's an odd time to welcome life into the world, but we're so thankful!

— Angela Morse

(MSHA Class 50, BSHCM 2014) Director of Support Services, North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, MS

(SIM 2019) Medical Technologist UAB Medicine, Birmingham, AL

WEDDINGS Two weeks before our wedding, we altered everything due to canceled venues and travel restrictions. Bethany and I were blessed to have a small wedding ceremony with friends and family despite the pandemic. Those who weren’t able to attend were able to share in our celebration via livestream.

— French Forbes (MSHA Class 50)

Program Manager, UAB Medicine, Birmingham, AL

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GRADUATION I never want to say something like this was necessary. It’s not. War is not necessary. Pandemics and plagues are not necessary. But when they do happen, we get to see that humanity has a way of making the best of what we have when we have to. We’re starting to see how well we can do when we pull together as a country.

— Caleb Townes (HCM 2020, MSHA Class 56)

NEW HOBBIES

Beekeeping during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a blessing for my mental and physical health. Every morning watching my hardworking bees and their busy buzzing all over the garden brightens the rest of my day. Their selfless acts for the betterment of their hive reminds me of our beautiful department, and my hardworking colleagues whom I missed a lot.

I started stand up paddle boarding with Rick Shewchuk.

We paddled about 80 miles this summer on several Alabama lakes, mostly on Inland Lake. There is a 14foot and 17-foot alligator in the lake, placed there to keep beavers from building dams.

A fisherman told us that there were actually 10 alligators in the lake — it's a bit unnerving when paddling!

— Ferhat Zengul

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I have a “Victory over COVID” garden with two bluebird houses and many, many vegetables we are enjoying.

In addition, it provides me “horticultural therapy” as well as lower blood pressure and increased Vitamin D thanks to more sun exposure.

— Christy Harris Lemak

(PhD 1988)

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STUDENT LIFE My simulation center provided just in time training for ICU, anesthesia, emergency room and Labor and Delivery staff for new policies regarding intubations and codes in positive or suspected COVID patients. We also worked with ICU clinicians to develop a procedure for proning intubated patients when there were no more Roto-beds available.

Our hospital put together a team to develop processes to keep staff safe and protected while caring for COVID patients. This was a fluid process as new information was being added every day. We realized some of the guidelines were not practical and used staff feedback to revise some of our processes. We ran these simulations for the intensive care unit, emergency department, and labor and delivery. Critical care physicians, anesthesiologists, emergency medicine, nursing and respiratory at all three campuses participated.

— Debra A. Wakeham, MEd, RRT (SIM 2020)

Simulation Operations Coordinator at Northside Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Feeding Our Frontlines Through a partnership with Frontline Foods, students in the MSHA program are independently supporting local clinicians in the fight to keep our communities safe, while also supporting Birmingham’s local restaurant industry.

The program was started by Christina Fortugno (MSHA Class 54), and Bradley Tipper, (MSHA Class 54, MSHI 2020). Sarah Newbern (MSHA Class 55) and Makena Boyd (MSHA Class 55, MSHI 2021) have taken over the Frontline Foods Alabama chapter.

They are now formally recognized as the Alabama Chapter of Frontline Foods Volunteer Corps for World Central Kitchen. They have recruited seven additional members and were just approved for a $25,000 grant.

We are so inspired by the efforts of these leaders, they identified what was needed and went to work to fill those needs in our community — the fact that this helps both frontline caregivers and local restaurants is a fabulous ‘synergy’ that everyone can relate to. This is what servant leadership looks like. It’s great to see the students take charge in this way.

— Christy Harris Lemak, PhD

Chair, UAB Department of Health Services Administration

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Our 2020 AMIA Student Design Challenge team, the Blazer Data Wranglers, advanced to the finals of a COVID-19 Data Science Hackathon: ◗ Hope Gray, MTS, BCC (PhD-HI) Team Leader ◗ Shafiqul Islam, MSMIS, PMP1, (MSHI 2021) ◗ Carole Richardson, PharmD, BCPS1, (MSHI 2021) ◗ Christian Stackhouse, BASc (BMD) We collected and analyzed data about the COVID-19 Disease Burden and Comorbidities in African-American Patients at UAB. We submitted a COVID-19 public health surveillance design for American Medical Informatics Association student design challenge.

Heather Bradley (MSHQS 2020), Senior Director of Ambulatory Care Transitions for UAB Medicine, saw homeless shelters throughout Birmingham overwhelmed with referral requests. She designated four team members to handle transitioning patients and joined weekly calls with shelter directors to establish a protocol for discharging patients and educating them on protective measures — creating a smoother transition process and ensuring that shelters are practicing social distancing and self-quarantining.

HSA DSc in Healthcare Leadership Students Find Support from Fellow Classmates Brian Tew (3rd Year DSc student), CEO of Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, New York, was among the first in his cohort to face the challenges that have since spread throughout the country. Tew initiated a real-time email exchange with his classmates where he shared strategies, challenges and resources he found to be valuable from a clinical and management perspective.

"We saw our first patient on March 10th, within days our patient services and staffing models had changed entirely. There were a thousand decision points made and I felt an urgency to share what was working for us with my fellow students."

Ginger Henry (2nd Year DSc student), COO of Baptist Medical Center South in Montgomery, Alabama, quickly engaged in the valuable dialogue among a network of peer executives who, outside of the executive doctoral program, might never have an opportunity to interact.

"I never would have imagined how important it would be as we face the biggest challenge of our careers. The connections we have made will last a lifetime and I appreciate having experts around the country to share ideas and challenges with during COVID and beyond. We are better when we learn and share together."

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INTERNSHIPS Half-way through spring semester, our world changed — for those pursuing summer internships, 2020 provided unpredicted insights into the foundation of how healthcare organizations work during a sustained crisis.

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MSHA Class 55 Interns, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham

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In this time of change and uncertainty, it was to learn and experience healthcare from the perspective of a small town and rural hospital setting, and to contribute in a valuable way to the organization's business development and marketing efforts.

— Demeisha Crowley, MSHA Class 55, Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama, Greenville, AL

I had two weeks to find a different opportunity — serving as an administrative intern for projects that span from Women's Health, Telehealth, Informatics, and Primary Care Services. This experience showed me that the greatest opportunities for self-development are often unexpected.

— Gillian Mangan, MSHA Class 55, VA Healthcare System, Birmingham, AL

While I had envisioned my summer in a big city working at an Academic Medical Center, I could not be more grateful for this opportunity. My experience at J. Paul Jones Hospital has given me a whole new perspective on rural health and has reinforced my passion for bringing accessible healthcare to all communities.

— Sarah Newbern, MSHA Class 55, J. Paul Jones Hospital, Camden, AL

I have a new appreciation and understanding of the struggles, triumphs, and huge impact rural hospitals have on their communities. I learned the proper balance between financial sustainability, service development, and patientcentered care and it has been an absolutely amazing experience.

— Joseph A. Schonacher, MSHA Class 55, Whitfield Regional Hospital, Demopolis, AL

The experience of working in a small, rural hospital has been incredibly rewarding.

The opportunity to observe and contribute in areas that scaled the full range of the hospital provided invaluable insight into the day-to-day operations of a hospital.

This internship allowed me to get hands-on and in-person experience in a time that I would otherwise have spent at home or working virtually.

— Kate Trankina, MSHA Class 55, Northwest Medical Center, Winfield, AL

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➤ R ESE A R CH HIGHL IGH T S

Research Related to COVID-19 Professors Sue Feldman and Mohan Thirumalai are shaping the way universities return to campus.

SUE FELDMAN, RN, PhD Professor, Director, UAB Graduate Programs in Health Informatics

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rs. Feldman and Thirumalai and their team have been working around the clock to design and implement tools that are part of Alabama’s higher education campus entry program.

Gov. Kay Ivey used over $30 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to provide robust testing, symptom monitoring and notification of COVID-19 exposure for students — making this the most comprehensive higher-education entry plan in the country.

The plan included GuideSafe™, a multitool platform comprised of three key components: GuideSafe™ HealthCheck, GuideSafe™ Exposure Notification Application and GuideSafe™ Event Passport. Also included under this platform are key spread mitigation behaviors for ongoing mass adoption.

“As students and educators make the transition back to campus, it is critical that they have the tools to do so safely, I am proud to provide the resources to help make that possible. Not only is this partnership enabling our colleges and universities to welcome back their students, it is also setting the tone and bar for the rest of the nation,” Governor Ivey said.

“Alabama is innovative and, during a health crisis, we are showing the country the great benefit of partnership, ingenuity and determination.”

MOHANRAJ THIRUMALAI, PhD Assistant Professor UAB Health Informatics

“We are pleased to provide the GuideSafe™ platform to all public colleges and universities across our state,” said Finis St. John, UA System Chancellor.

Alabama is one of the first states in the U.S. to launch Google and Apple’s joint exposure notification technology. “We have worked extremely hard to leverage research and innovation, community service, patient care and education to make a positive difference,” said UAB President Ray L. Watts. “This new app – using Google and Apple-led technology and created by UAB faculty, staff and MotionMobs – is a necessary tool in our effort to return to college campuses safely.”

Complementing the GuideSafe™ app capabilities are the GuideSafe™ platform’s HealthCheck and Event Passport components. GuideSafe™ HealthCheck is an assessment tool that allows users to report COVID-19 related symptoms. Daily participation is encouraged, but compliance and enforcement are at the discretion of individual institutions. “These tools enable every participating college, university and K-12 school to engage faculty, students and staff in on-going monitoring of COVID-19 symptoms, exposure and risk,” said Sue Feldman.

GuideSafe™ Event Passport assists with access to facilities, meetings and events with over 10 participants.

After completing HealthCheck, an algorithm renders an event passport for admission. “The GuideSafe™ Event Passport is about showing up healthy – or not showing up at all,” emphasized Feldman.

As college campuses and activities resume, ADPH and UAB, along with partner organizations, will update the public about the integration of GuideSafe™ and its multifaceted components into the collective fight against COVID-19. ■ ➤ For more information, visit guidesafe.org

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HSA faculty are actively engaged in COVID-19 research.

Allyson Hall and Monica Aswani are leading a university-wide interest group focused on developing a research agenda on health disparities and COVID-19. They are using an institutional level learning healthcare system framework to understand UAB’s response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic within the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and the entire academic enterprise. The processes, networks, and adapted framework presented support ongoing efforts to develop actionable solutions to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation.

Allyson Hall has been funded on a grant to study COVID-19 awareness in minority populations.

Allyson Hall and Larry Hearld have key roles in a big grant ($3.3 million for two years) to improve testing for COVID-19 in the state of Alabama.

Amy Landry and Heather Lee are collaborating with colleagues from Boston University, Auburn University, University of Washington, Trinity, and Ohio State to understand the experiences of graduate health management students and faculty related to the abrupt transition from on-campus to online learning and have fielded two surveys and conducted a series of focus groups.

Amanda Dorsey, Ashleigh Allgood and alumni Jeffrey Dobyns, MD (MSHA Class E52, MSHQS 2019) and Josh Hagood are researching the critical success factors and lessons learned from the UAB Department of Anesthesia's COVID-19 testing strategy for surgical cases. Several factors allowed the Department to seamlessly ramp down and then accelerate the number of surgical cases. Findings include a culture of patient safety and quality, a robust telemedicine infrastructure, leveraging an external partnership with Southern Research Institute for rapid testing and results, and including IT in all decision-making processes.

Katherine Meese is conducting research on employee stress, well-being and resilience during COVID-19. She has just completed an employee survey of a large health system, and is analyzing the source and magnitude of various stressors during COVID-19 as well as protective factors such as individual and team resilience, and civility climate. She is also conducting research on the rapid implementation of an inpatient telehealth system to facilitate PPE conservation and reduce provider exposure to COVID-19.

Tapan Mehta is collaborating with United Health Group in mining their claims, lab and hospitalization data to assess the risk associated with the cluster of cardio metabolic conditions with COVID-19 related hospitalizations. They are assessing the association between cardio metabolic (diabetic, lipid, hypertension, obesity) medications and its role in mitigating or increasing risk associated with COVID-19 related complications.

Allyson Hall, Sue Feldman and Ria Hearld are working with UAB Hospital Medicine to evaluate the impact of inpatient telehealth on outcomes.

Specifically, the study examines the use of iPads to reduce the number of times physicians enter patient rooms to reduce exposure and conserve PPE. Ferhat Zengul, Bunyamin Ozaydin and several UAB colleagues are using text mining to analyze 22,336 COVID-19-focused research abstracts to reveal areas of emerging scholarship.

Findings suggest early research themes: 1) Disease Severity & Outcomes, 2) General Epidemiology, 3) Epidemiologic Predictive Modeling, 4) Vaccine Development Research, 5) Health System Response, 6) Mechanism of Disease, 7) Mental/Behavioral Health, 8) Literature Review, 9) Pulmonary Imaging/ Radiography, 10) Initial Outbreak and Disease Presentation, 11) Detection/Testing. â–

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By the Numbers COVID-19 has altered the way many of our classes are taught, but we are still teaching a record number of students and helping them graduate. These numbers represent the overall department and Fall 2020 incoming students.

261

324

NEW STUDENTS

GRADUATES

106 STUDENTS from

underrepresented groups (41%)

17 GLOBAL DIVERSITY (birth countries)

182 FEMALES (70%)

We welcome alumni recommending students for their program or any others offered within the Department.

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HSA Team Updates Welcome Katherine A. Meese, PhD, (PhD 2019) is an Assistant Professor and serves as Director of Wellness Research in the UAB Medicine Office of Wellness.

Prior to earning her PhD, she spent several years in finance and health care working in ten countries on four continents. Dr. Meese has been named a 2020-21 UAB Honors Faculty Fellow. Her research interests are in well-being and burnout, specifically as it relates to organizational factors. She also studies team performance, quality and safety, and delivery models that enhance organizational learning.

Deztanity Williams (HCM 2014) is a Program Manager for research, working directly with Tapan Mehta, PhD, handling all aspects of HSA research. Her primary goal is to help HSA faculty submit more grant proposals, acquire more grant funding, and impact more lives through health services research.

Brittney Stokes, is an Office Associate who supports the Residential and Executive students in the MSHA program. She also assists Ria Hearld, PhD, in coordinating the UAB Academy for Addressing Health Disparities through Health Care Leadership.

Retirements April Rollins-Kyle, MAEd, retired after completing 35 years of service at UAB. For HSA she served as Instructor and Director of Operations for the Health Care Management program, where she worked with internship placements, created the template for Internship Poster Sessions and recruited students.

Melanie Talbot, MBA, retired after more than 30 years at UAB. The Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Administrative and Fiscal Affairs joined the School of Health Professions in February 2001 and led the school back to financial stability. In 19 years at SHP, Melanie has created multiple budget models for the Dean and most recently, has worked on University-wide committees for the Responsibility Centered Management budget model. ■

Recognition ◗ Ria Hearld, PhD, Associate Professor, completed a year of service as Chair of the UAB Faculty Senate — displaying exemplary leadership, diplomacy and grace during a challenging year!

◗ Ben Ozaydin, PhD, Assistant Professor, and his wife became US Citizens, participating in a unique “drive through” ceremony.

◗ Larry Hearld, PhD, PhD Program Director, became co-editor of Health Care Management Review on July 1, 2020.

◗ Allyson Hall, PhD, MS in HQS Program Director, is now Associate Editor for the Journal of Healthcare Quality and co-director of the UAB Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research and Education (COERE).

Years of Service ◗ Ramon Vega 20 years

◗ Joe Quintana, PhD (PhD 1984), 30 years

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New Ways to Engage and Connect Monthly Webinars COVID-19 has altered the way we connect and engage with our alums and that’s not all bad. In March, we embarked upon a monthly webinar series that has turned out to be an exciting way to highlight alumni succeeding in the field and finding new ways to alter the delivery of care.

RECENT TOPICS : ◗ Keeping Patients Safe During COVID-19 ◗ Overcoming the Challenges of Working From Home ◗ Healthcare Leaders’ Role in Addressing Racial Inequity ◗ Innovations Created During the COVID-19 Crisis ■ ➤ Join us on the 2nd Thursday of each month • 12 pm-1 pm CT.

6 DECADES

OF ALUMS REPRESENTED (540 Alumni Participants)

1,187

33 STATES

(with 540 Alumni participants)

(participants in Chile & Zambia)

ATTENDEES (MAR-SEPT)

REPRESENTED

Virtual Preceptors’ Conference The 2020 Annual Preceptors’ Conference went virtual. Both cohorts of students (MSHA Class 55 and Class 56) prepared for this event to make it successful.

MSHA alumni Maegan Dempsey (Class 50), Carolyn Hunter (Class 48), Ross Kemp (Class 48), Sarah Newell (Class 48), Samantha Serley (Class 49, BSHCM 2013), and administrative fellow Kevin Sommers (Class 54) hosted practice sessions which prepared the students for their roles as interviewees and ambassadors. We couldn’t create the schedules or matching process without the brain trust of Drs. Tee Hiett and Ben Ozaydin! Kudos to the students and participating organizations for making this a success! ■

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UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives SAVE-THE-DATE! Listening Sessions

JULY 28-30, 2021

The DSc Program hosted two “listening sessions” with their alumni on September 29 and October 1 and shared how the program has responded to these challenging times. Alumni provided their thoughts on the program’s future plans and engaged with program leaders and one another. ■

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C ate s of Pr celebrat ecep i tors’ ng the co C o nf m e re n p l etio n ce.

Amber Lucky and Brianna Houston taking a break during interviews.

The Henderson Beach Resort & Spa Destin, FL 32541

Learn more at uab.edu/nshe

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Alumni Accomplishments Our alumni have had amazing promotions from January – August 2020.

To see the full list of job changes, awards, retirements, and in memoriams visit go.uab.edu/HSAcareermoves.

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JOB CHANGES, ACROSS 37 STATES

92

PROMOTED TO C-SUITE POSITIONS

C-Suite Changes COHORT

NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

BS IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT 1994

Doug Luckett

Interim CEO, Longview Regional Medical Center, Community Health Systems

Longview, TX

2012, HQS 2014

Jaime Bailey

Area Practice Manager, South Atlantic Division, HCA Healthcare Physician Services Group

Charleston, SC

2013

Elvin Govada

Administrator, Head & Neck Surgery Center of Kansas City, PA

New York, NY

2015

Courtney Bend

Practice Manager, Gaston Medical Partners

Gastonia, NC

2016

Tina Ferguson

Healthcare Administrator, Texas Urology - Dr. Ashley Ross

Dallas, TX

2016

Michelle Constance

Controller, Birmingham Gastroenterology Assoc., P.C.

Homewood, AL

MS IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

24

14

Jim Summersett

Member, Tenor Health Partners, LLC

Dallas, TX

17

Doug Tanner

CEO, Grove Hill Memorial Hospital

Grove Hill, AL

17

Chuck Stokes

Founding Partner, Relia Healthcare Advisors

Chicago, IL

19

Ken Beasley

CEO of Columbus Orthopaedic Clinic, PA, President & CEO of Columbus Orthopaedic Outpatient Center, LLC

Memphis, TN

20

Jeff Whitton

Regional Director, Physician Services, Prime Healthcare

Marietta, GA

22

Scott Wesson

Department Business Administrator, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson, MS

22

Narendra Kini

Chief Medical Officer, CDR Maguire Inc

Miami, FL

22

David Gray

SVP, Med Center Health

Bowling Green, KY

22, BSMRA 1980

Barbara Estep

VP Administration, Noland Health Services

Birmingham, AL

24

Gil Engelhardt

SVP of Business Development, Truss Holdings, Inc

Farmers Branch, TX

25

Chip Camp

Owner/President, Interim HealthCare of Dothan

Dothan, AL

25

Andrea Rosler

Chief Human Resources Officer, USA Health

Mobile, AL

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Richard Hammett

President, HCA - North Florida Division

Tallahassee, FL

35

Traci d'Auguste

COO, UF Health

Gainesville, FL

35

Justin Campbell

Chief Network Development Officer, UKHealthCare- University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

36

Neerav Jadeja

CEO, Paradise Valley Hospital

National City, CA

36

Tiffany Chaney

Chief Diversity Officer, Baptist Health

Montgomery, AL

37

Monica Richey

President, CEO, Enterprise Professional Solutions Group, Inc. (EPSG)

Atlanta, GA

37

Brad Parsons

Administrator and CEO, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, Baptist Memorial Health Care

Memphis, TN

37

Matt Gibson

CEO, Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, Inc.

Chattanooga, TN

37

Ross Armstrong

SVP, Value-Based Care, Sound Physicians

Dallas, TX

38

Micol Weissman

COO, West Boca Medical Center

Boca Raton, FL

38

Matt Sherer

Executive Director, Spencer Cancer Center, East Alabama Medical Center

Opelika, AL

39

Lee Ann Weinberg

Chief Development Officer, Volunteers of American Mid-States

Louisville, KY

39

Domingo Valpuesta

VP Oncology and Diagnostic Radiology, North Mississippi Medical Center

Tupelo, MS

39

Jamie Dabal

VP of Operations, Children's of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

40

Heath Phillips

Plan President and CEO, Nebraska Total Care

Omaho, NE

41, MSHI 2008

Ben Whitworth

VP, Hospital Operations, Children’s Hospital New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

42

Joe Yoder

CEO, Yamhill County Service Area, Providence Health and Services

Milwaukie, OR

42

Katrina Morgan

COO, Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH)

Phoenix, AZ

42

Eddie Davis

Division VP, CommonSpirit Health

Little Rock, AR

42

Kyle Armstrong

Chief Operating Officer, Baylor University Medical Center, Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

43

Ryan Oss

VP of Operations, Oklahoma Region, SSM Health Medical Group

Oklahoma City, OK

43

David King

Head of New Ventures (PHS), Optum

Nashville, TN

45

Melissa Schuermann

Senior Administrator, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

45

Josh Moore

Chief Operating Officer, Citrus Memorial Hospital

Inverness, FL

45

Sam Lynd

CEO, NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital

Jonesboro, AR

46

Brooke Wilkinson

Chief Operations Officer, Articularis Healthcare

Summerville, SC

46

Deepali Singla

CEO and Co-Founder, HealthSoul

Springfield, IL

46

Alex Reynolds

VP, OrthoAlliance

Greenville, SC

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C-Suite Changes COHORT

NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

46

Elizabeth Meador

Contract Enablement Lead, National Network Operations, Cigna HealthSpring

Mobile, AL

46

Bryan Cutliff

CEO/Administrator, Encompass Health

Toledo, OH

47

Wendy Jenkins

VP, Specialty Practices, Phoebe Physicians, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital

Albany, GA

47

Chase Christianson

CEO, HCA Parham Doctors’ Hospital

Richmond, VA

47

Lauren Baker

Chief of Staff, Ascension Texas

Austin, TX

48

Carolyn Hunter

Chief Operating Officer, HCA - Medical City Las Colinas

Irving, TX

48

David Haws

Market Chief Strategy Officer, Tenet Healthcare

Boston, MA

49

Geelita Williams

Regional Practice Manager, Envision Physician Services, Envision Healthcare

Huntsville, AL

49

Taylor Rudd

Chief Operating Officer, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center

Lewiston, ID

49

Justin Harris

CEO, Orthopaedic Institute of Southern Illinois

Herrin, IL

52

Virginia Baker

CEO, Charleston Surgery Center, Surgical Care Affiliates

Charleston, SC

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Wes Smith

Physician Advisor, Population Health, St. Vincent’s Health System

Birmingham, AL

E34

Chris Walton

Chief, Eye Care Service, UT Health - San Antonio, Department of Opthalmology

San Antonio, TX

E36

Nitikul Solomon

Owner, NaturalWays Pediatrics

Portland, OR

E37

Beth Keyser

President, BCBS of Indiana, Anthem

Indianapolis, IN

E41

Ronald Wyatt

VP/ Patient Safety Officer, MCIC Vermont LLC

New York, NY

E42

Andrew Howard

CEO, Select Specialty Hospital - Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

E43, MSHQS 2017

Warren Smedley

VP, Oncology Consulting Services, The Kinetix Group

Birmingham, AL

E44

Brett Jovanovich

Regional VP - Southeast Region, Global Medical Response

Birmingham, AL

E44

Ryan Allen

AVP - Chief Information Security Officer, University of Alabama Health System

Birmingham, AL

E47

Ashley Harris

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis, Baptist Memorial Health Care

Memphis, TN

E49

Calder Lynch

Deputy Administrator and Acting Chief of Staff, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Washington, DC

E49

Allison Lynch

Chief Operating Officer, Pathology, Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery

Birmingham, AL

E50

Roy Hightower

Finance Administrator, Columbus Airport Commission

Columbus, GA

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Elizabeth Ellett

VP of Regulations and Compliance, Alabama Eye Bank

Birmingham, AL

E51

Terry Knight

Chief Development Officer, VIVA HEALTH, INC.

Birmingham, AL

E51

Curtis Coley II

Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit and System Sepsis Lead Physician, Piedmont Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

E51

Oluseun Alli

Physician Executive/Lead Physician, Novant Health

Charlotte, NC

Rodgerick Williams

National Director of Biomedical Engineering, Tenet Healthcare

Dallas, TX

E52

Rory Wong

CEO/President-Consultant, Advanced Neurorehab PA

Sarasota, FL

E53

Thierry Guyader

SVP, Strategic Partnerships, Help Lightning

Birmingham, AL

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GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS 2004

Ashok Muthukrishnan

Associate Professor & Chief, Nuclear Medicine & Director of Theranostics, UPMC Presbyterian

Pittsburgh, PA

2007

Muzna Mirza

Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

2012

Scott Frederick

Principal, RPM Advisory Group

Nashville, TN

GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND SAFETY 2016

Deborah Grimes

Chief Diversity Officer, Ochsner Health System

New Orleans, LA

2017

Rune Toms

Regional Medical Director of Neonatology for South Florida, Envision Physician Services

Miami, FL

2018

Jaye Locks

Ambulatory Services Administrator, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2013

Jeremy Thomas

Department Chair, Emergency Medicine, University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

HQS 2014

Erin Yarbrough

AVP, Clinical Operations, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2014

Stephanie Woods

AVP of Clinical Operations, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2014

John Lazenby

Chief Medical Officer, Medical City Dallas, HCA - Medical City Healthcare

Dallas, TX

HQS 2015

Rachel Fargason

Professor, Vice Chair, Dept of Psychiatry, UAB School of Medicine

Birmingham, AL

EXECUTIVE DOCTORATE IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP 2012 2012, MSHA Class 18

Forrest Daniels

CEO, Eastern Shore Hospital Center

Cambridge, MD

John McWhorter

Chief Operations Officer, OhioHealth

Columbus, OH

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POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE MANAGMENT 1999

Tara Bailey

Director of Sales and Marketing, Brookdale University Park, East Division

Birmingham, AL

2004

Jennifer Tucker

Product Manager - Enterprise Medical Imaging, Hyland

Spring Hill, TN

2008

Johanna Peters

Integration & Training Manager, Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA)

Birmingham, AL

2008

Reginald Young

Program Manager II, UAB Neurosurgery, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

2009

Davina Patterson

North Alabama CIL Director, Disability Rights and Resources

Huntsville, AL

2010

Beau Pender

Pharmacist, CVS Health

Marianna, FL

2012

Emily Crampsey

Strategic Sourcing Specialist, UAB Medicine

Birmingha, AL

2012

Blake Bishop

Senior Program Manager, Providence St. Joseph Health Ambulatory Care Network

Seattle, WA

2013

Beverly Barr

Patient Communications, Plastic Surgery Group of Memphis

Memphis, TN

2013

Liz Veasey

Division Manager, Nephrology & Hypertension and Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases, Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

2014

Timothy Bryant

Buyer, Dept of Finance, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation

Birmingham, AL

2014

Jennifer Dingle

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Stanford Medicine

San Francisco, CA

2014

Jameshia Menifee

Childcare Professional, Brown Family of Four

Douglasville, GA

2014

Deztanity Williams

Program Manager, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

2015

Tyler Bennett

Director, Orthopedic Service Line, Sentara Healthcare

Norfolk, VA

2015

Sonya Bowman

Patient Registration Representative, Children's of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

2015

Jeanette Brown

Director of Project Management, UT Medical Group, Inc.

Memphis, TN

2015

CeCe Pickett

Laboratory Assistant, Baylor Scott & White Health

Dallas, TX

2015

Meghan Pool

CSL Business Coordinator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Huntsville, AL

2015

Gabriel Welch

Occupational Therapy Assistant Student, Keiser University

Tampa, FL

2015, HQS 2018

Marcus Phillips

Admission Coordinator, Guidehouse

Birmingham, AL

2016

Kara Arnold

Medical Scribe, Aquity Solutions

Portland, OR

2016

Kaleb Findley

Care Guide, Guideway Care

Birmingham, AL

2016

Natalie Hull

Occupational Therapist, Eunice Community Home Health

Lafayette, LA

2016

Ben Rogers

Market Supply Chain Analyst, Tenet Healthcare

Birmingham, AL

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Dixiana Benefield

Epic Optime/Anesthesia/Bugsy Analyst, Tanner Health System

Carrollton, GA

2017

Emily Forrester

Administrative Assistant/ Human Resources, Tennessee Valley OB-GYN Clinic, PC

Huntsville, AL

2017

Marissa Jackson

EMR Specialist, R1 RCM

Defuniak Springs, FL

2017

Miles Levy

Human Resources Representative, North Shore University Hospital

Manhasset, NY

2017

Austyn Martin

Implementation Coordinator, RxBenefits, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

2017

Kendall Pierce

Completed MPH at Emory University

Sarasota, FL

2017

Faith Smith

Neonatal Nursery Technician, East Alabama Medical Center

Opelika, AL

2018

Smiley Asireddy

Administrtive Resident, St. Tammany Parish Hospital

Covington, LA

2018

Elaine Bivens

Health Advisor, Pack Health

Birmingham, AL

2018

Aaliyah Burt

Health Services Administrator, Alabama Department of Public Health

Birmingham, AL

2018

Savanna Ciaccio

Completed Occupational Therapy Program at UAB,

New Orleans, LA

2018

Ashkey Hooker

Recruiter, Wellpath

Nashville, TN

2018

Hailey Phillips

OTA-S, Flourish of Cullman

2018

Lauriel Simpson

Payroll Specialist, Encompass Health

Birmingham, AL

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 2007

Tonya Bowden

Residency Supervision Coordinator, Department of Veteran Affairs

Birmingham, AL

2012

Tiffany Daniels

Health Data Analyst, Oasys International Corporation

?

2015

Ernestine Brown

Authorization Specialist, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation

?

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Allen Ryan

Complted PhD in Accounting at LSU and is now Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Denver, CO

19

Jeff Helton, PhD

Lecturer in Health Care Administration at University of Colorado Denver

Denver, CO

19

JoAnn Hennessey

Attorney at Law

Novi, MI

22

Stacey Sims

Residency Program Coordinator, The Medical Center at Bowling Green

Bowling Green, KY

25

Trent Huffman

Director, Provider Enrollment, WellStar Health System

Lawrenceville, GA

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POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

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Jan Levine

Director Of Operations, MedStar Health / Cardiology Associates

Washington, DC

28

Henrik Ohldin

Cost Accounting Analyst, Steward Health Care

Mobile, AL

30

Scott Akridge

Associate Director of Training, BioDelivery Sciences International

Apex, NC

34

Alan Palmer

Director, Customer Care, RxBenefits, Inc

Birmingham, AL

35

Brian Maziarz

Director, Client Development, Healthgrades

Houston, TX

35

Prashant Subramaniam

Director, Global Market Access, Pfizer

New York City, NY

36

Megan Pharis

Completed law school at Texas A & M University and is now an Associate at Steed Dunnill Reynolds Bailey Stephenson, LLP in

Dallas, TX

36

Bonnie Phillips

Regional Sales Manager, Apexx Medical

Mobile, AL

39

Joshua Fowler

Family Medicine Physician, Torres-Martinez Clinic, Riverside San Bernadino County Indian Health

Thermal, CA

39

Carter Ross, III

Associate Director, Finance and Strategic Operations, Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

39

Yameeka Williams

Assistant Administrator, Utilization Management, Home Health & Hospice, & Outside Medical, Kaiser Permanente

San Diego, CA

41

Michael Anne Kell

Senior Clinical Operations Partner, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

41, MSHI 2008

Kyle Akins

Director, Medicare Advantage Performance, Aledade, Inc.

Birmingham, AL

42

Chip Ginn

Director of Cancer Services, Singing River Health System

Ocean Springs, MS

42

Ken Hwang

Advisory Senior Associate, Health and Government Solutions, KPMG

Dallas, TX

42

Michael Kennedy

Registered Nurse, North Alabama Medical Center

Florence, AL

42

Lisa Wilson

Senior Manager, Eagle Hill Consulting

Arlington, VA

Andres Arciniegas, MD

Neurologist, UF Health Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

43

Taylor Meek

Director, National Accounts, naviHealth

Nashville, TN

44

Chase Hall

Executive Director - Hospital & SVL Operations, Baptist Health Louisville

Louisville, KY

45

Jim Bush

Director of Physician Practice Operations, Ascension Medical Group Providence

Mobile, AL

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Cory Everett

Assistant Administrator and Director of Physician Practices, Blount Memorial Hospital

Maryville, TN

45

Nikaela Hill

Manager, Health Industries Advisory, PwC

Indianapolis, IN

45

Carl Landry

Director, Healthcare Strategy, Guidehouse

Atlanta, GA

45

Jamie McAdams

Administrative Officer, Department of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

46

Jordan Crist

Strategic Sourcing Manager, SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

46

Whitney Kropp Strelkoff Performance Consultant, Privia Health

Atlanta, GA

46

Graham Torres

Senior Operational Planning Director, Children's Health

Dallas, TX

47

Sean Caldwell

Manager, Deloitte Consulting

Denver, CO

47, MSHI 2014

Peter Carr

Director, Innovation and Transformation, Nicklaus Children's Health System

Miami, FL

47, MSHI 2014

Taylor Hanks

Senior Healthcare Analyst, BlueCross & BlueShield of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

48

Anita Hanlon

Manager, Protiviti

New York City, NY

48

Felix Kishinevsky

Director of Special Projects, Karl Malone Auto Group

Salt Lake City, UT

48

Drew Sargent

Director of Operations, Surgical Management Solutions (SMS)

Greenville, SC

49

Morgan Lankford

Analyst- Strategy, Ascension Saint Thomas

Nashville, TN

49

Lauren Poist

Operations Administrator, Dept of Family Medicine, Division of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

49

Daniel Reinman

Senior Informatics Consultant, Aetna, a CVS Health Company

Jacksonville, FL

49

Nikita Tatineni

Senior Associate, Strategic Initiatives, Consortium Health Plans

Chicago, IL

50

Sydney Cohen

Sr. Manager, Clinic Operations, Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

50

Chelsea Lynch

Director of Strategy, The Hospitals of Providence Physician Performance Network

El Paso, TX

50

Keighley McConnell

Healthcare Associate, Huron Consulting Group, Inc

Washington, DC

50

Tyler Shugarts

Division Administrator, Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

51

Lucy Hoyle

Senior Associate, Strategy & Business Development, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

51

Megan O'Rell

Process Improvement Specialist, Perioperative Division, Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

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Career Moves (January – August 2020) COHORT

NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION – RESIDENTIAL FORMAT 51

Jaimie Pham

Senior Consultant, Health Care Operational Performance Improvement, BKD CPAs & Advisors

Kansas City, MO

51

Cathan Riding

Associate Administrator, Wesley Medical Center

Wichita, KS

51

Javeen Thomas

Clinical Excellence Manager, Advocate Aurora Health

Milwaukee, WI

51

Harlie Waldon

Consultant, Strategic Analytics, Sg2

Chicago, IL

51, MSHI 2017

Evita Payton

Lean Site Facilitator, Wellstar SpauldingHospital, Wellstar Health System

Hiram, GA

51, MSHI 2017

Jennifer Leary

Operations Director in Community Health, Intermountain Healthcare

Salt Lake City, UT

51, MSHI 2017

Greg Schultz

Financial Operations Manager, Surgical Care Affiliates

Birmingham, AL

52

Josh Arrage

Department Administrator, Kaiser Permanente

Los Angeles, CA

52

Kaitie Benos

Strategic Planner II, Novant Health

Charlotte, NC

52

Weston Gray

Operations Manager, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dept of Transplantation-Heart, Lung Svcs, Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

52

Lucas Prather

Assistant CEO, Gateway Regional Medical Center

Granite City, IL

52

Jay Spafford

Assistant Administrator, Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Baltimore, MD

52

Anjali Upadhyaya

Strategic Deployment Coordinator, Wellstar Health System

Atlanta, GA

52, BSHCM 2014

Andrew Dees

Director of Provider Network Development, Beacon Health

Houston, TX

52, BSHCM 2016

Kevin McIntyre

Regional Director, North Mississippi Health System

Tupelo, MS

53, MSHI 2019

Jessica Andry

Strategy and Market Analyst, Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, CT

53, BSHCM 2017

Matthew Barnes

Director of Operations, Yuma Regional Medical Center

Yuma, AZ

53, MSHQS 2020

John Betts

AVP/Associate Administrator at Ballad Health – Bristol Regional Medical Center

Bristol, TN

53

Tommy Burt

Business and Finance Manager - Nursing Services, UF Health Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

53

Jordan Clark

Manager, Ambulatory Business, Tampa General Hospital

Tampa, FL

53

Laura Read Lee

Operations Manager - COVID-19 State Testing, Ochsner Health

Gretna, LA

53

Joe Stephens

Senior Business Analyst, Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

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NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

C A R E E R M OV E S

CITY, STATE

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION – EXECUTIVE FORMAT E34

Barry Whites

Contractor Medical Director, Novitas Solutions, Inc.

Jackson, MS

E33

David Allen

Administrative Director, Surgical Services, UF Health

Gainesville, FL

E39

Chris Mote

Vice President of Operations, Riverstone Logistics

Decatur, AL

Bruce Von Hagel

Director, Anesthesia Services, Cullman Regional Medical Group Cullman, AL

E48

Matt Jackson

Commercial Excellence Manager, BD MedMined Services

Birmingham, AL

E49

Naomi Garrido

Wound Care and Hyperbaric Manager, Wellstar Health System

Atlanta, GA

E49

Tommy Larson

Principal Health Domain Specialist, MITRE

Richmond, VA

E49

Chris Shubert

Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgical Oncologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

E50

Bobby Potomski

Executive Director - Hospital Medicine, Baptist Health Care

Pensacola, FL

E50

Kerrie Younan

Research Nurse Practitioner, Thoracic Transplant, Westchester Medical Center

New York, NY

E51

Sharmilee Joyner

Director, Project Management Office, Tift Regional Medical Center

Tifton, GA

E52

Vic Dippenaar

Director of Spiritual Care and Pastoral Care, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

E52

Ryan Dworaczyk

Anesthesiologist, Lutheran Medical Center

Heat Ridge, CO

E52

Kenneth Newman

Attending Anesthesiologist, Ramapo Anesthesia

Suffern, NY

Andy Clark

Group Practice Manager, Cooper Green Mercy Health Services Authority

Birmingham, AL

E53

Markia Anderson

Quality Improvement Coordinator, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

E53

Jeff Halbert

Director of Respiratory Care Services, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

LIttle Rock, AR

E53

Lauren Hornbuckle

Director of Heart Transplant Services and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Largo Medical Center

Largo, FL

E53

Matthew Robertson

Quality and Accreditation Specialist, Parkview Health

Fort Wayne, IN

E53

Ryne Schlitz

Anesthesiologist, Southern Anesthesia Management

Birmingham, AL

E53

Dan Schoonover

Account Executive, Agiliti

Atlanta, GA

E54

Bryan Bates

Trauma Program Manager, Banner University Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

E47, HQS 2017

E52, HQS 2016

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Career Moves (January – August 2020) COHORT

NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HEALTH INFORMATICS 2005

Naveen Maram

Sr Director for Data Governance and Interoperability, Intermountain Healthcare

Salt Lake City, UT

2010

Allen Daniels

Regulatory/Quality/Interoperability Lead, Huntsville Hospital

Huntsville, AL

2010

Kim Lynch

Quality Analyst, Community Health and Family Medicine Department, UF Health

Gainesville, FL

2010, BSHIM 2007

Lucretia Johnson

EMPI Systems Analyst, Strategic Staffing Solutions

Birmingham, AL

2010, BSHIM 2007

Trey Nall

HIM Specialist, Veterans Health Administration

Nashville, TN

2012

Destiny Greene

Project Manager, UnitedHealth Group

Nashville, TN

2013

Christopher Blackmon

Program Manager, Distance Education Programs, University of Alabama School of Social Work

Tuscaloosa, AL

2013

Janessa Booker

Senior System Engineer/Architect, ASM Research

Fairfax, VA

2015

Lara Allred

Clinical Integrations Project Manager, AETEA Information Technology

Nashville, TN

Jeannine Cain

Business Analyst Real World Data, CIOX Health

Birmingham, AL

2018

Kimberly Hendon

Pharmacy Informaticist, Ascension Technology

Sumiton, AL

2018

Cameron Ingrum

Software Product Manager, Digital Health Solutions, ResMed

San Diego, CA

2018

Tonya Sparks

Sr. Implementation Specialist, McKesson

Birmingham, AL

2019, HCM 2017

Candis Riggs

infectious Disease Data Analyst, UAB

Birmingham, AL

2020, BSHCM 2018

Clint Harrison

Purchasing Analyst, Medsouth Inc

Birmingham, AL

2020, BSHCM 2019

Peyton Muskett

Clinical Data Analyst, Urology Centers of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

2020, BSHCM 2019

Megan Rollins

Administrative Associate for Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

2020; BSHCM 2016

Kennard Craig

Process Improvement Analyst, UAB Medicine

Birmingham,, AL

Clinical Informatics 2020, HQS 2018

Terrance Reed

Clinical Informaticist ll, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

Clinical Informatics 2020

Tony Winters

Public Health Informatics Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Atlanta, GA

2015, BSHIM 2011

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NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

C A R E E R M OV E S

CITY, STATE

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION – EXECUTIVE FORMAT 53

Laura Read Lee

Operations Manager - COVID-19 State Testing, Ochsner Health

Gretna, LA

53

Joe Stephens

Senior Business Analyst, Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND SAFETY MSHQS 2017

Karessa Johnson

Project Manager for Performance Excellence, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Miami, FL

MSHQS 2018

Nathan Lawrence

Director of Quality and Risk Management, Murray – Calloway County Hospital

Murray, KY

MSHQS 2019

Laura Hickman

Vanderbilt ASTS Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

MSHQS 2019

Sylvia Rainey

Patient Safety Specialist, Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital

Atlanta, GA

MSHQS 2019, Brad Bertke BSHCM 2015

Healthcare Analyst I, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama

Birmingham, AL

MSHQS 2019, Danielle Sylvester HQS 2018

Blood Bank Quality Coordinator, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2014

Daran Brown

Director- Resource Management Systems, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2014

Akofa Wallace

Associate Principal, The Chartis Group

Chicago, IL

HQS 2015

Katrina Booth

Geriatrician, Geriatric Medicine

Covington, KY

HQS 2015

Angela Medici

Director of Ambulatory Quality and Patient Safety, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2015

Terri Salter

Sr Director, Community Cancer & Value Based Programs, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2016

Ruth Carroll

Completed DNP in in December 2019 and is now the Health and Wellness Strategist for Ruth Carroll Agency LC,

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2017

Kwasi Asare-Acquah

Supervisor of Rehabilitation, OhioHealth

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2017

Tammy Marshall

Quality Improvement, Department of Mechanical Circulatory Support, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2017, BSHCM 2016

LaKendra Mosely

Researcher II - Med / Infectious Diseases, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2018

Rob Crabtree

Business Administrator, Southlake Orthopedics Sports Medicine and Spine Center

Hoover, AL

HQS 2018

Miguel Harris

Procurement, Amazon

Bessemer, AL

HQS 2018

Everett Harris

Nurse Manager, Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

HQS 2018

Andrew Land

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine & TitleAmbulatory Medical and Quality Officer, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

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Career Moves (January – August 2020) COHORT

NAME

POSITION/ORGANIZATION

CITY, STATE

GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN HEALTHCARE QUALITY AND SAFETY HQS 2018

Jason Pittman

Orthopedic Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, MA

HQS 2018

Haller Smith

Assistant Professor, Ob/Gyn - Gyn Oncology, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

HQS 2018

Lynn Tamblyn

Computer Simulation Specialist, The Kirklin Clinic, UAB Medicine

Birmingham, AL

DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (PHD) 2014

Jocelyn Steward

Corporate Healthcare Systems Trainer, Optum

Smyrna, GA

2005

Tondra Moore

Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

2008

Tom English

Associate Professor, Culverhouse College of Commerce, University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

2015

J'Aime Jennings

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

2017

William OpokuAgyeman

Assistant Professor, Master of Healthcare Administration, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, NC

DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP (DSC) 2013

Mary Temm

Serving as Adjunct Professor at Texas Tech University's Health Sciences Center.

2014

Ricky Wallace

Professor and Program Director, Health Organizations Administration, Northeastern State University

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Alumni Accolades (January – August 2020) COHORT BSHS 2009

ALUMNUS Davina Patterson featured in the 256 Magazine’s 2020 40 Faces Under 40.

BSHCM 2012, HQS 2016

Ashleigh Allgood selected as a CIPES Interprofessional Leadership Fellow for the 2020/2021 academic year.

BSHCM 2019

Dustin Broughton selected as a member of the Monroe County Leadership Now.

HQS 2014

Stephanie Woods recognized as the Jefferson State Community College Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.

MSHA Class 14

Jim Shmerling named to Greater Hartford’s Top 25 Health Care Power Players by The Harford Business Journal.

MSHA Class 17

Chuck Stokes selected as the 2020 ACHE Gold Medal Award recipient. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

MSHA Class 23

Teresa Shufflebarger named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2020 Top Birmingham Women.

MSHA Class 24

Candice Saunders named to the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s Power 100 for 2020 as well as The Atlantan Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Atlantans.

MSHA Class 28

Jason Alexander included in the Birmingham Power 60.

MSHA Class 32

Derrick Jones selected to be on Ardent's Diversity and Inclusion Council.

MSHA Class 35

Russell Pigg selected into the Leadership Alabama Class of 2020-21.

MSHA Class 38

Andrew Gnann included in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 of the Decade of the 2010s.

MSHA Class 41

Kidada Hawkins selected for Becker's 70 African American Healthcare Leaders to Know in 2020.

MSHA Class 41, MSHI 2008

Kyle Akins chosen to serve as one of the Birmingam Business Journal’s Women Mentor.

MSHA Class 42

Kyle Armstrong named to Dallas’ 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.

MSHA Class 48

Donna Tope named to Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.

MSHA Class E46, HQS 2014

S. Dawn Bulgarella selected into the Leadership Alabama Class of 2020-21.

MSHA Class E46

Samika Williams named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2020 Women to Watch.

MSHA Class E53

Sarah Nafziger named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2020 Women to Watch.

MSHI 2020

Jimmedda Mills finished 2nd Place in MITRE Healthcare Anti-fraud Academic Competition.

MSHI 2020, BSHCM 2018

Clint Harrison finished 2nd Place in MITRE Healthcare Anti-fraud Academic Competition.

MSHQS 2017

Debbie Flint selected as Industrial and Systems Engineering Alumni of the Year Award by Auburn University.

HQS 2013 PhD 1984, MSHA Class 9

Patricia Prichett named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s 2020 Top Birmingham Women.

Dr. Will Ferniany included in the Birmingham Power 60.

PhD 2006

Mazi Rasulnia included in the Birmingham Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 of the Decade of the 2010s as well as their 40 People to Watch in Birmingham business for the 2020s.

PhD 2010

Cathleen Erwin selected for the Academy of Management 's HCM Division Excellence in Teaching , recognizing innovative & outstanding teaching in health care management by dedicated & inspiring teachers.

PhD 2018

Justin Lord won a University-wide Outstanding Faculty Award at Louisiana State University at Shreveport.

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